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Something folks don't get about Southern Evangelicals and Gingrich |
Yukishiro1 posted:
Allstarslacker posted:
You guys are missing the point of this thread. AA was just tying to show us all how insightful he is.
Man what an insightful guy he is.
It's like he's a super genius that knows things regular people don't know.
If we would all recognize this and just listen to him we'd understand everything so much better.
That's AA's outpost schtick. That and posting goldfish pictures when he gets pwnt.
AA is actually a lot like Gingrich. 
Which is why AA admires Gingrich =P
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Bobvillas  Posts: 643
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Of the friends I have that are in the lump we call Fundies, there are some that are definitely as AA puts it.
I have others that are fairly adherent to their beliefs.
I don't know that we can lump them all based on our personal majorities from our experiences.
I am not sure I buy into them voting based on guilt either.
Perhaps some, but majorities are rarely in the extreme.
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Ptilk  Title: Creepy old pirate
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Evangelicals are followers by nature. They want a strong authority figure to tell them what to do and to make all the important decisions for them so they can get on with living their lives without all that pesky thinking messing up their day. In this they are like the vast majority of all people, they simply choose to follow an ideal that is more insular than most.
A set routine, dictated by god, and followed by them, makes life endurable and gives them comfort. They are conditioned by their very nature to believe whatever their locally chosen avatar of that god tells them. Facts that don't support what that avatar of god claims are always excluded from consideration as lies or ungodly attempts by evil to shake their faith.
That faith is their center and it has to be defended, no matter what, from the ungodly. Even considering what the ungodly claims... is a failure on their part. Absolutely steadfast support of their avatar of god is a virtue and they are virtuous!
This mindset is not uncommon, in fact, it's almost universal. The difference between evangelicals and others isn't in how they view the world, it's in how the pick the people who get to tell them how they should view it and their propensity to accept what those people tell them even when it doesn't agree with what they claim they believe.
They are "true believers" And will defend their guys to the end no matter what. They are the Taliban, the Cleveland Browns fan, the betamax fanbois. The more unpopular their viewpoint is, the more they cherish it.
We all have a tendency to be them...which is why their stance is both abhorrent and attractive to us.
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__Bonk__  Posts: 5,122
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Partisans are followers too. They just vote based on the (D) or the (R) after the candidates name. No thought needed.
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Moe_Nox Title: In Moe We Trust
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This thread casting judgement on evangelicals for being judgmental is like having a 2 year old with a dirty diaper complain to his parents that the other 2 year olds stink.
Amusing. Would read again. 
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Groucho48 Posts: 821
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We get it. It's okay if you are a Republican. It's always been that way. We just like mocking the folks who seem to think anything else is going on.
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Tych2 Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
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Man it is always repub/dem with you. I can't ever recall a post of yours that you didn't mention one of the two.
Well at least you are consistent.
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Date Posted:
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Ptilk posted:
Evangelicals are followers by nature. They want a strong authority figure to tell them what to do and to make all the important decisions for them so they can get on with living their lives without all that pesky thinking messing up their day. In this they are like the vast majority of all people, they simply choose to follow an ideal that is more insular than most.
A set routine, dictated by god, and followed by them, makes life endurable and gives them comfort. They are conditioned by their very nature to believe whatever their locally chosen avatar of that god tells them. Facts that don't support what that avatar of god claims are always excluded from consideration as lies or ungodly attempts by evil to shake their faith.
That faith is their center and it has to be defended, no matter what, from the ungodly. Even considering what the ungodly claims... is a failure on their part. Absolutely steadfast support of their avatar of god is a virtue and they are virtuous!
This mindset is not uncommon, in fact, it's almost universal. The difference between evangelicals and others isn't in how they view the world, it's in how the pick the people who get to tell them how they should view it and their propensity to accept what those people tell them even when it doesn't agree with what they claim they believe.
They are "true believers" And will defend their guys to the end no matter what. They are the Taliban, the Cleveland Browns fan, the betamax fanbois. The more unpopular their viewpoint is, the more they cherish it.
We all have a tendency to be them...which is why their stance is both abhorrent and attractive to us.
Betamax was the best format you sonovabitch!
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